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A fictional nonfiction bookstore, owned by a nonfictional person.
Espresso nerd.
I secretly feed the neighbour's cat
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Espresso nerd.
I secretly feed the neighbour's cat
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NOETIC
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· Nov 14
All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
(Baruch Spinoza 1632-1677)
I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.
(Baruch Spinoza 1632-1677)
A useful concept to keep in mind when swimming in the contaminated streams of #information: #context
Context has collapsed, often intentionally removed. Find it in #nonfiction #books and reflective thinking.
Context has collapsed, often intentionally removed. Find it in #nonfiction #books and reflective thinking.
October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A useful concept to keep in mind when swimming in the contaminated streams of #information: #context
Context has collapsed, often intentionally removed. Find it in #nonfiction #books and reflective thinking.
Context has collapsed, often intentionally removed. Find it in #nonfiction #books and reflective thinking.
What a delight to hear my 12-year-old ask about the Monty Hall problem and then persevere through explanations, experiment with Uno cards, and finally light up and yell: "I really get it now!"
August 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
What a delight to hear my 12-year-old ask about the Monty Hall problem and then persevere through explanations, experiment with Uno cards, and finally light up and yell: "I really get it now!"
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When we outsource a difficult task, we let someone else become good at it.
What happens when we outsource thinking (to AI)?
What happens when we outsource thinking (to AI)?
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
When we outsource a difficult task, we let someone else become good at it.
What happens when we outsource thinking (to AI)?
What happens when we outsource thinking (to AI)?
Can you be engaged with the world yet disentangled from it?
July 23, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Can you be engaged with the world yet disentangled from it?
You have to get lost to find a new way.
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You have to get lost to find a new way.
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
July 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
"‘Oh, why can’t you remain like this forever!”
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth, Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
#PeterPan
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth, Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
#PeterPan
July 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"‘Oh, why can’t you remain like this forever!”
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth, Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
#PeterPan
This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth, Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.”
#PeterPan
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Herman Hesse (1877-1962) In 1911 he took a trip to India and studied Eastern religions and ancient Hindu and Chinese cultures, inspiring his novel 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒂
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
July 2, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Herman Hesse (1877-1962) In 1911 he took a trip to India and studied Eastern religions and ancient Hindu and Chinese cultures, inspiring his novel 𝑺𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒂
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
"Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself."
#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
Sometimes it is impossible to get a conversation going because everybody is talking too much.
June 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Sometimes it is impossible to get a conversation going because everybody is talking too much.
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Bluesky is dying?!
Really?
Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...
Really?
Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...
Bluesky is dying
Bluesky was invented to create a nicer space than Twitter. The problem is that too few people have joined and most are smug and boring.
www.spectator.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Bluesky is dying?!
Really?
Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...
Really?
Repost if you're still actively using Bluesky and not posting on X.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/blue...
1/3
One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties.
A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power.
...(cont)
One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties.
A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power.
...(cont)
June 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties.
A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power.
...(cont)
One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties.
A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power.
...(cont)
Change is the substrate of being — and waves are how change happens without erasing continuity.
(ChatGTP in conversation about fundamental fields in physics)
(ChatGTP in conversation about fundamental fields in physics)
May 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Change is the substrate of being — and waves are how change happens without erasing continuity.
(ChatGTP in conversation about fundamental fields in physics)
(ChatGTP in conversation about fundamental fields in physics)
Ice cube in juice internally cracks from temperature difference, producing this detail...
April 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Ice cube in juice internally cracks from temperature difference, producing this detail...
The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.
-Maya Angelou-
-Maya Angelou-
April 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.
-Maya Angelou-
-Maya Angelou-
I am quietly whispering to the internet: "I'm taking steps to make Noetic books a bit more real. Highly curated non-fiction books. Short-form podcast episodes by interesting people who think interesting thoughts. Maybe a real physical space will be found too...
I'm just sayin...
I'm just sayin...
April 16, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I am quietly whispering to the internet: "I'm taking steps to make Noetic books a bit more real. Highly curated non-fiction books. Short-form podcast episodes by interesting people who think interesting thoughts. Maybe a real physical space will be found too...
I'm just sayin...
I'm just sayin...
At the age of 16, I discovered Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living," in my parents' bookcase.
It became my bible, and I ended up living by it for decades, reading it often.
I have since lost my way. It's time to read it again.
It became my bible, and I ended up living by it for decades, reading it often.
I have since lost my way. It's time to read it again.
March 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
At the age of 16, I discovered Lin Yutang, "The Importance of Living," in my parents' bookcase.
It became my bible, and I ended up living by it for decades, reading it often.
I have since lost my way. It's time to read it again.
It became my bible, and I ended up living by it for decades, reading it often.
I have since lost my way. It's time to read it again.
March 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Avoid at all costs:
- cynicism
- escapism
- perfectionism
- cynicism
- escapism
- perfectionism
March 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Avoid at all costs:
- cynicism
- escapism
- perfectionism
- cynicism
- escapism
- perfectionism
#read #nonfiction #books
Synchronised Distraction Syndrome:
When the mind (finally) quiets, some external distraction breaks in.
When the environment quiets, the mind agitates in turn.
This is a major obstacle for reading books if you are a working parent.
Synchronised Distraction Syndrome:
When the mind (finally) quiets, some external distraction breaks in.
When the environment quiets, the mind agitates in turn.
This is a major obstacle for reading books if you are a working parent.
March 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#read #nonfiction #books
Synchronised Distraction Syndrome:
When the mind (finally) quiets, some external distraction breaks in.
When the environment quiets, the mind agitates in turn.
This is a major obstacle for reading books if you are a working parent.
Synchronised Distraction Syndrome:
When the mind (finally) quiets, some external distraction breaks in.
When the environment quiets, the mind agitates in turn.
This is a major obstacle for reading books if you are a working parent.
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